Zhan Kurbanbayev is a skilled software engineer and competitive programming coach with a diverse background in the tech industry. Since September 2016, Zhan has been self-employed as a Competitive Programming Coach, utilizing expertise to mentor aspiring programmers. Currently, Zhan serves as a Software Engineer at Google, a position held since March 2022. Previously, Zhan gained experience as a Software Engineer at Yandex for a brief period in late 2019. An educational foundation was established at the Kazakh-Turkish Lyceum for Gifted Students, where Zhan studied from 2013 to 2018.